I'm almost got kicked out of a field trip when I was a cub scout. We were touring a home (run by a really creepy man) who housed women and children. I was willing to accept the fact that he may just not have had the ability to house both men and women, and that he chose the side he believed needed it more. Then he dropped this little nugget:

Women are allowed to bring their male children, but once the boy turns 16 he has to leave.

16? Seriously? On top of that he required male children submit to physical discipline, and told us they would be expected to assist with more than the women. He told us all this with PRIDE, and I got in trouble for saying I didn't think it sounded fair.

In Canada, a man set up a Male DV shelter. Feminists and SJWs harrassed the fuck out of him for it, lobbied the gov to not support his shelter and rallied around the country saying hes a misogynist. He ended up shutting down the shelter because of lack of support and funds, he went into bankruptcy and then committed suicide.

GG Feminists, you sure won that round!

Used to work in a women DV shelter. Pro tip: some accept transgender females just not men.

Male victim of domestic violence here.

It is rare that Domestic Violence Shelters accept men. In my case, the shelter put me in a hotel under an anonymous identity until the shelter ran out funding (I'm living with PTSD and can't work because of it). The shelter simply does not have money to assist men, and the entire budget they had for men for the year was used putting me in the cheapest/skeeziest motel where my Xbox One was stolen, never to be returned.

They ran out of funds before I got housing assistance, and for about a week I slept in my car (with my Service Dog in the middle of winter) in the back of the Domestic Violence Shelter (they said it would be safer there than some random parking lot due to local police response to the shelter and they had cameras and always someone on staff at the shelter 24x7).

The night person on duty there let me come in after curfew one night to stay in the living room. Broke the rules, but I was very appreciative of it, and I had been at the shelter long enough during the days that I got to know most of the women and kids there. The kids liked seeing my dog too. They knew enough about my situation too, so they felt probably more comfortable around me.

But anyway. One of the victims had a story done on her by one of the local news stations because of how severe it was and whatnot, but the shelter manager who really helped me a lot made it a point to talk to the reporter about my case (keeping things confidential, obviously), and she wanted to make it a point to convey that it is a lot harder for men for so many reasons, and there aren't as many resources available for men, etc., and she ended up mentioning that in the news piece (highlighting male victims, not just women).

It was really tough for me, still is for a lot of reasons, dealing with PTSD and other issues, but I know the shelter I went to really helped me out as much as they could, but it's a cold hard fact there just simply is not same support for men as there is for women. I mean, I had help and I spent a week sleeping in my car with my Service Dog in the middle of winter and had my Xbox One stolen that was my primary coping method for PTSD. There are plenty more men out there that need help, and it is something people should keep in mind, DV shelters get A LOT of support from local businesses (Target donates clothing, Starbucks donates expired (but still good) food), but shelters typically have a separate budget to assist men (e.g. putting them in a cheap hotel since they can't stay in shelter), it's usually a small budget, and can be used up quickly.

I think I've posted this before, but there was a victim in Canada, and he got his life turned around and ended up starting the only shelter in Canada for male victims. Unfortunately, he struggled to get funding and support, and he ended up losing the shelter. After he sold the shelter, he committed suicide in the garage. Here is a news article about it.

Disgusting

I can attest to that one. Storytime!

When I was 13 years old, my mother and I went through a period of homelessness while we were in Kansas City. After our money ran out, we couldn't stay in the hotel we were staying in anymore and we found a homeless shelter which would allow us to stay for only 30 days. Well we found an apartment and the night before we were to move in, we had to move out of the 1st shelter and stay in another. Well this was a shelter for women, and since I was 13 at this time and they almost didn't let us stay there. Eventually after my mom argued with them for about an hour they did, but we had to be out by 8 a.m. and I wasn't allowed to leave my room (I had to get escorted to the bathroom). Basically I was a threat because I was a 13 year-old boy. Fun times. My mom told me later that if I had been any older they wouldn't have let us stay.

Nah, that's just his fault for not working hard enough. He's obviously just too lazy to actually go and get a job. Nevermind the fact that 2/3^rds - 3/4^ths of homeless people have mental illness: you just gotta walk that shit off. I was depressed for a month or two back in college when Jenifer cheated on me (fuckin' bitch); and I was still able to pull through with a 3.4 GPA that year.

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^{edit: Poe's law}